Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

Eleven famous hauntings examined by a man who believed the question deserved evidence — Loudun, Tedworth, the Wesleys' parsonage, the Cock Lane ghost — and then the investigators who went after them.

The Drummer of Tedworth

4 pages in this part of Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters.

The Drummer of Tedworth

HERE have been drummers a plenty in all countries and all ages, but there surely has never been the equal of the drummer of Tedworth. His…

The Drummer of Tedworth: Mompesson

Thus he journeyed, undisturbed and gaining a sufficient living, until he chanced in the spring of 1661 to invade the quiet Wiltshire…

The Drummer of Tedworth: John

The Squire's personal attendant John, "a stout fellow and of sober conversation," was one night confronted by a ghastly apparition in the…

The Drummer of Tedworth: Glanvill

The need for caution is further emphasized by the important circumstance that of all the phenomena described, only those most susceptible…

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